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Tems
Tems became one of Afrobeats' most critically respected vocalists following her breakthrough feature on Wizkid's 2020 single "Essence," a smooth, understated performance that helped the song become one of the first Nigerian tracks to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. Her subsequent feature on Future and Drake's "Wait for U," which won a Grammy Award, made her one of the few Afrobeats-associated artists to win the award for a credited feature, further cementing her international critical standing. Her distinctive, restrained vocal style, drawing on R&B and soul influences alongside her Afrobeats roots, distinguished her from the genre's more uptempo mainstream sound and helped broaden the stylistic range associated with the movement internationally. Her combination of the genre-breaking "Essence" feature and her Grammy-winning international collaborations has made Tems one of Afrobeats' most critically significant contemporary vocalists.
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Rema
Rema emerged as one of Afrobeats' most significant younger-generation stars following his 2019 breakthrough, blending Afrobeats with trap and alternative influences into a style he termed "Afrorave" that distinguished his sound from the genre's earlier generation. His 2022 single "Calm Down" became a genuinely global phenomenon, spending well over a year on international charts and eventually becoming one of the best-performing Afrobeats songs of all time on global streaming platforms following a remix with Selena Gomez. His success demonstrated Afrobeats' continued evolution and international staying power beyond its initial 2016-2018 breakthrough wave, proving the genre could still produce genuinely unprecedented global hits years into its mainstream rise. His combination of a genre-redefining sound and the record-setting global run of "Calm Down" has made Rema one of the most significant Afrobeats artists of the genre's second international wave.
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